Girder-rail



(No Model.)

H. H. LITTELL. i I QIRDER RAIL. No. 369,188. Patented Aug. '30, 1887 UNITED STATES HARDIN H. LITTELL, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

PATENT ()FFICE.

GlRDER-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,188, dated August 30, 1887.

Application filed July 1, 1886. semi No. 206,809. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARDIN H. LITTELL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, 'in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Girder- Rails for Street-Railways, of which the following is so full, clear, and exact a description as will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in girder-rails for street-railways; and it consistsin the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, light, and durable rail which will with-.

stand the wear to which rails of this kind are subjected. Y

Another object of my invention is to con-- struct a rail which may be readily and easily removed and. replaced without disturbing any considerable amount of the road-bed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of a rail embodying my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are cross-sections of the rail held in position by a chair and bed plates.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A represents the crown of the rail, or that portion which receives the weight of the tread of the wheels of the cars.

The letters A andA represent, respectively, the inner and outer flanges of the head of the rail, the former, A, of which is at right angles to the head of the rail, and the latter, A", is provided with a concave curve, A. The rail is also provided with ashank, D, at the center of the rail, all of the above parts being shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be observed that my improved rail is perforated and slotted, and is secured in between two upwardly-projecting flanges, E and'E, of the chair. Beneath the shank D, and connected thereto, is a sleeper, O, which is perforated to receive the bolt a. Thus it will be observed that the rail proper may be removed simply by removing the bolt (1 from the shank D, which permits the detaching thereof without disturbing the chair, its flanges, or the sleeper.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is The combination, with the head of the rail, having the outwardly-extendingflanges A A the latter provided with a concave curve, A, and the shank D at the center of the head of the rail, of a sleeper, O, supporting said shank, and the chair having flanges connected to the shank and sleeper, and with the head of the rail supportedby the upper portion of the chair, as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my haud in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- HARDIN H. LITTELL.

V \Vitnesses:

R. A. WATTS, J. M. PETTUS. 

